Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program
Call for Proposals
Spring 2016
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The College of Humanities Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program provides support for scholarly
research or creative activities. Full-time tenure track and tenured faculty may apply for funding to
support ONE (but not both) of the following options:
(1) FACULTY FELLOWSHIP: Three-Units of Reassigned Time (i.e., a one-course reduction in
teaching load);
OR
(2) GRANT: Funding for a Student Assistant, OR for Research-Related Travel Involving a
Specific Research Project or Creative Activity. You may apply for a grant (up to a
maximum of $1500) either to hire a part-time student assistant, or to support researchrelated travel, which includes (but is not limited to) activities such as: a trip to do archival
research; a visit to an off-campus site such as a specialized library, a museum or other
repository housing a special collection, an arts or performance center, or a public or private
organization in order to do research or to consult with scholars, artists, writers, et al.; travel
to conduct field work. If the application requests travel support, an explanation of why and
how the travel will contribute directly to a current project must be provided. Proposals
seeking support in this category must include a budget of projected expenses. (The
following are NOT eligible for funding in this category: travel to conferences or professional
meetings to present papers, participate on panels, conduct readings, performances, etc.;
books or supplies; equipment.)
The number of three-unit course reassignments that will be awarded, and the amount of
grant support for student assistants or research-related travel is pending. Faculty fellows and
grant recipients will be recommended to the Dean by a faculty committee, chaired by the Associate
Dean.
No one receiving other university-funded research reassigned time for Spring 2016 may
receive a College award of reassigned time. The Dean will be responsible for final selection and
approval. (This program is contingent upon the annual budget and availability of funding for Spring
2016.)
INSTRUCTIONS:
The proposal narrative should not exceed three (3) double-spaced pages. Completed proposals
are due in the Dean’s office
NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M., Wednesday September 30th. Proposals arriving after this
date will not be considered.
PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE:

Cover sheet (attached) with signatures;

A maximum three-page, double-spaced narrative (including project description,
methodology, anticipated outcomes, and how the research or proposed instructional
development may be used in your classroom instruction or in presentations, performances,
and/or publications resulting from the project);

A list detailing previous grants (and products or outcomes of the grant activities), received
during the past five years (including all on- and off-campus grants, as well as past college
Faculty Fellowship awards); and (4) a maximum two-page vitae.
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS:
Support for scholarly research or creative projects must be used for new writing projects,
works in progress, development of conference papers, manuscript preparation, or similar work
that will contribute to the professional development of the faculty member.
Specific criteria include:

Meets all formal requirements (cover page, three-page narrative, two-page vitae, budget (if
funding is for travel);

Clarity of project definition, thoughtfulness, substance of the proposed project;

Practicability and likelihood of concrete results in advancing the project toward completion.
Finally, projects dealing with the learning centered university are encouraged.
REPORTING & PRESENTING OF FELLOWSHIP OR GRANT ACTIVITY
Recipients are required to:


File a report by September 12, 2016 detailing research conducted, presentations and
publications, potential or actual applications to classroom instruction, and other fellowship or
grant-related activities.
Recipients must acknowledge the College of Humanities support in any publications resulting
from the research and may be asked to present their work at a colloquium each semester.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES FELLOWS AND GRANT
RECIPIENTS:
Fellowship and grant awardees will be announced in early October by the 19, 2015. Fellowship
and grant awards are provisional, pending the availability of Spring 2016 funding.
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
FACULTY FELLOWS PROGRAM
Spring 2016
Due Date: Your proposal must be reviewed and approved by your department chair and submitted
to the Office of the Dean by
Wednesday September 30th, 2015
Name__________________________________
Status: ____Full Professor
____Associate Professor
____Assistant Professor
I am applying for (select only ONE of the following):
____ Three (3) Units of Reassigned Time
OR
____ Funding (up to a maximum of $1500) to Hire a Student Assistant (explanation
of how assistant’s time will be used must be included in your 3-page proposal)
OR
____ Funding (up to a maximum of $1500) for Research-related Travel (a budget of projected
expenses must be included in your 3-page proposal)
Department: ______________________________________________________
Project Title: ______________________________________________________
Abstract/Project Summary (not to exceed 300 words):
___________________________________
Faculty Applicant Signature
_______________________________
Chair’s Signature